# Can university lab data be used to train robot policies? A robotics newcomer asks on Reddit

- Source: Reddit r/robotics
- Published: 2026-10-20T20:20:40.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/m38xenrlnumgwlzuzmbml3v1i
- Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/robotics/comments/1xb326t/super_random_question_could_existing_university/

## Summary

A Reddit user who recently graduated from a health-focused university and has just entered the robotics field asks whether video, motion, eye-tracking, depth-sensing, and expert-annotated data that sit idle in university labs after papers are published could be used to train robot policies, for example for specialized procedures such as surgery. The poster is looking to connect with practitioners working on robotics data pipelines (collection, cleaning, annotation, training).